by BB carried the name Kavita Bhavan as the publishing house. Books published from Kavita Bhavan included BB's Kankaboti (কঙ্কাবতী), Padatik (পদাতিক) of Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Koyekti Kobita (কয়েকটি কবিতা) of Samar Sen and Avijnan Basanta (অভিজ্ঞান বসন্ত) by poet Amiya Chakravarty. While Kavita Bhavan published many other books, the most remarkable was the slim poetry books of the 'Ek Poyshay Ekti' (এক পয়সায় একটি) series. These were 16-page poetry books, the price being 1 rupee (=16 poysha). The series continued for three years from 1942 to 1944 and published as many as 18 poetry books. The first version of Banalata Sen (বনলতা সেন) by Jibanananda Das belonged to this series, sponsored by Bose. Translation of Baudelaire In 1961, BB published a carefully selected collection of poems of the French poet Charles Baudelaire translated by him into Bengali. It was titled Charles Baudelaire O Taar Kobita. In the introduction to the translations, BB made a notable analysis of modernism in Western literature. Bengali gastronomy It may sound bizarre that a scholar like BB could write a book on Bengali gastronomy. In fact it was a long essay that BB wrote in the Ananda Bazar Patrika, serialised in 1971 (1–4 January) under the title Bhojan Rasik Bangali (ভোজন রসিক বাঙালি). It is his daughter Damayanti Basu Singh who in 2005 published the essay in the form a small book and herself provided recipes of the dishes referred to by Bose. Damayanti said, "My father, Buddhadeva Bose, was a small man and a frugal eater. He was never greedy for food, but used to be upset if there wasn't a generous spread on the dining table." Quoting Goethe, BB would say, "my eyes are larger than my appetite". So there was always both variety and excess of food even for the daily meals. The essay was translated by BB himself into English and was published in Hindustan Standard, published from Calcutta. Playwright In his early days in the school in Noakhali, BB with his fellow mates had formed a 'drama group'. No wonder that he took special interest in writing plays. He wrote more than five plays. However, recognition as a playwright came late, after the death of the playwright in 1974. It is Salil Bandyopadhyay of Theatron Theatre Group, Calcutta, who produced some of BB's plays like Tapaswi-O-Tarangini (তপস্বী ও তরঙ্গিণী), Kolkatar Electra (কলকাতার ইলেক্ট্রা) and Anamni Angana (অনাম্নী অঙ্গনা) and drew